Sunday, February 19, was a an unseasonably warm winter day. We took a walk through Woodhaven
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Neir's Tavern 87-48 78th Street |
Neir's Tavern, founded in 1829 is one of the oldest continuously open establishments in the country. Mae West is reported to have been one of its most famous patron and the bar has a display of memorabilia related to her time there. The movies Goodfella and Tower Heist were filmed there.
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88-30 88th Road |
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8719 88th Ave,Saint Thomas the Apostle Church
A set of buildings including the church itself, a school and the convent give evidence to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in the community.
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88th Street |
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87 Street
Two blocks of interesting homes built to house the factory workers in the last century.
Murals on Atlantic Avenue between the London Planetree Playground and the Clocktower.
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The Clocktower |
On Atlantic Avenue at 90th Street is a shopping center with a brick clock tower. It is the remains of the Lalance and Grosjean Factory which manufactured enamel kitchenware from the 1863 to the 1950s.
Right off Woodhaven Boulevard on 95 Street is one of the few remaining mansions that lined Woodhaven Boulevard in the past.